Canada's Derek Drouin competes in the men's high jump final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013.

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Derek Drouin didn't climb any higher on the podium but much higher over the bar.

The former Indiana University high jumper won a bronze medal Thursday at the World Championships in Moscow, breaking his own Canadian national record with a leap of 7 feet, 9 ¾ inches. It was the best third-place jump in track and field history.

At last year's London Olympics, Drouin tied two others for bronze, but at 7-6. ...